Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Sulphur Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
FamilyTENEBRIONIDAE (darkling and flour beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle) :
1: Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
11 Jul 2011 OSGR: SS88 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 5: Lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Lateral view - enlarged (3)
2: Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
11 Jul 2011 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) England
7 beetles visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Seven beetles on Hogweed umbelImage 2: Seven beetles on Hogweed umbel (2)Image 3: Seven beetles on Hogweed umbel (3)
3: Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
11 Jul 2011 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) England
in cop, on Hogweed
Image 1: In cop - lateral viewImage 2: In cop - lateral view (2)Image 3: In cop - lateral view (3)Image 4: In cop - lateral view (4)Image 5: In cop - lateral view (5)
4: Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
20 Jul 2002 OSGR: ST25 51° 20’ N, 3° 0’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
on flowers of Wild Carrot
Image 1: On Wild Carrot flowers - lateral viewImage 2: On Wild Carrot flowers - postero-dorsal viewImage 3: On Wild Carrot flowers - postero-dorsal view (2)Image 4: Set specimen - dark backgroundImage 5: Set specimen - pale backgroundImage 6: Dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Lateral view - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 8: Lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Ventral view - enlarged - pale background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cteniopus sulphureus (Sulphur Beetle)
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